List of recipes from category World recipes: 53 recipes (without meat)

Mixed seed grissini

Little crusty bread sticks of Italian origin, these are delicious for aperitifs, plain or with dips like tuna rillettes, guacamole or houmous.
February 21^th 2011260K4.2 2 hours 30 min.

Bread with Tomato

This tomato-flavoured bread, the famous "pan con tomate" of our Spanish friends, is ridiculously simple, but such a treat! It only takes a few minutes to prepare and makes a delicious aperitif snack.
November 8^th 201549K4 6 min.

Pan con tomate

"Pan con tomate" (tomato toast) is a staple of Spanish cuisine, where it is often served as an aperitif snack. It is really simple to make and delicious: the bread is rubbed with half a tomato to soak it with the juice. After that, all it needs is seasoning and a drizzle of olive oil. This is a...
June 13^th 201839K4.8 7 min.

Nachos

Nachos (or tortilla chips) are small Tex-Mex snack triangles, often served with guacamole. Authentic nachos are made from tortillas, cut into triangles and fried, but here is a lighter, oven-baked version. The recipe is very simple, though the cutting out is a bit of work, and I've given you 2...
November 4^th 202037K 1 hour 6 min.

Panettone

Panettone is a brioche-style Italian loaf, made with dried fruit (raisins and candied peel) and flavoured with left-over citrus fruit. The recipe is a bit complicated but, above all, it takes time, a great deal of time...
April 15^th 2020133K5 1 day 1 hour 19 min.

Doughnuts

Ring doughnuts are a traditional American treat. In the United States they are part of the culture and come plain or with lots of different icings and toppings. Here is a recipe for plain doughnuts to which you can add your own choice of icing.
September 22^th 2013100K4.7 3 hours 13 min.

Brownies

Brownies are traditional North-American tray-baked cakes: always moist in texture, usually with chocolate and pecan nuts. Brownies should still be soft in the middle, so need to be slightly undercooked.
March 8^th 2020104K4.1 34 min.

Cranachan

Cranachan is a traditional Scottish dessert made with whipped cream, raspberries, rolled oats and whisky. In this recipe, the oats are made into a nougatine before being incorporated into the cream.
October 13^th 201397K 14.1 42 min.

Santiago Cake

Santiago cake (or Torta de Santiago) has a lovely moist texture. It is made with almonds and lemon and contains no butter or flour. This Spanish speciality from Galicia is still often decorated with the cross of St James.
April 24^th 201668K5 52 min.

Tzatziki

Tzatziki is an ideal summer recipe: a cooling combination of Greek yoghurt, onion, garlic, cucumber and herbs. It is normally served as a side dish or condiment. This is a Greek recipe, but similar dishes exist in other eastern and middle-eastern countries, under different names.
September 8^th 201553K4.7 16 min.

Parisian-style chocolate custard tart

You may well already have met the classic French custard tart, with its vanilla filling. Here is a delicious chocolate-flavoured version.
July 13^th 202248K 1 hour 8 min.

Tiramisu

Classic italian recipe (the name means "pull me up" or more poetically, "take me up to the sky"). It's similar to a charlotte in its structure: layers of flavoured biscuits between layers of smooth cream.
July 27^th 2013487K5 49 min.

New tiramisu

This new version of tiramisu is easier, and in my opinion much better. You will certainly appreciate, like me, the light creamy taste, this time presented in brandy goblets.
January 19^th 2015370K3.3 54 min.

Pavlova

Pavlova is a dessert which originated in New Zealand (or was it Australia?). It consists of a meringue shell filled with a layer of whipped cream and topped with seasonal fruit.
March 24^th 2013113K4.3 2 hours 34 min.

Mexican ceviche

Ceviche is typical of South American cuisine, made with avocados, tomatoes and fish fillet cured in lime juice. This is a personal version of Mexican-style ceviche.
October 13^th 2010355K 15 3 hours 9 min.

Tahitian style fish

Little pieces of fish marinated overnight a night in lime juice.
February 21^th 2011263K5 12 hours 57 min.

Erika's ceviche

Ericka's ceviche is a Peruvian version of the classic South American dish. The diced fish is cured (effectively "cooked") in lime juice. This dish is fairly simple to make, but delicous and full of fresh flavours.
December 30^th 201970K 1 hour 9 min.

Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole)

This hash-brown recipe is an American version of the classic grated potato cake (like roesti), baked in a pan. In the USA hash browns are often served for breakfast.
May 24^th 2012112K3.8 1 hour 46 min.

Sushi

Sushi is probably the best known element of Japanese cooking outside Japan. For the Japanese it's a culinary art learned over time from masters, but we can make simplified and easier sushi which are still pretty and delicious. The most common types of sushi are nigiri: a little oval-shaped mouthfuls...
October 13^th 2010327K4.5 1 hour 38 min.

Spinach fritters

This Indian inspired recipe gives a delicious contrast betwen the hot crispy fritters and the cool, slightly sharp herb dressing.
May 20^th 2015224K3.3 2 hours 6 min.

Liège waffles

Liège waffles have a very distinctive texture: quite dense with the crunch of sugar crystals. They also have a characteristic form: round and fairly small. Then there's that special flavour that comes with the delicious light caramel crust.
July 12^th 2011252K5 1 hour 55 min.

Eton mess

Behind this strange name there lurks a delicious traditional English dessert made of meringues, strawberries and cream.
July 25^th 2010158K5 4 hours 55 min.

Papadums

Papadums (pronounced "poppadoms") or papad are very thin, crisp Indian crackers. They are often served as an aperitif snack in Indian restaurants. The tricky part of making them at home is rolling them out thinly enough.
June 26^th 201496K4.5 22 min.

Indian rice pudding

This Indian-inspired version of rice pudding, with its dried fruit accompaniment, is very fragrant.
August 9^th 20239,722 2 50 min.

Pea risotto "Mantecare"

This pea risotto recipe is finished with a typical Italian 'mantecare': mascarpone and Parmesan are incorporated at the end of cooking to make the dish incomparably smooth.
September 23^th 2012102K4.9 1 hour 26 min.

Apple Strudel

Apple strudel is a traditional pastry from central Europe. It is like a large apple turnover, usually served in slices. Here is a version with apples, walnuts, almonds and rum-soaked raisins.
September 11^th 201856K5 1 hour 32 min.

Coleslaw

Coleslaw is a cabbage salad that is popular in North America. This version includes carrots as well.
January 3^rd 2014101K 14.9 38 min.

Hot tomato sauce

This is a quick tomato sauce, just the thing for dipping crisps (chips, if you are American), or nachos. It is very similar to the sauce served with aperitif snacks in Tex-Mex restaurants.
September 20^th 2012113K4.1 42 min.

Caesar salad

Ceasar salad is a classic of North American cuisine. It consists of lettuce served with croutons and the famous Caesar dressing. Here's my own version.
November 25^th 201299K4.5 37 min.

Panzanella

Panzanella is a recipe from the Tuscany region of Italy, originally a tomato and stale bread salad, but here's a fancier version.
October 16^th 202215K 28 min.

Bruschetta

Bruschetta is an Italian recipe consisting of a slice of bread in olive oil, topped with a preparation, mainly tomato-based. Here's a very simple version, with tomatoes and mozzarella.
November 19^th 20237,989 39 min.

Pesto

Pesto is an Italian sauce made from pine nuts, Parmesan and basil. It's very simple but quite delicious, and goes particularly well with pasta.
July 25^th 2020263K 25 15 min.

Potatoes with prawns

This recipe, originally from Belgium, consists of baked potatoes which are hollowed out and filled with fried prawns. A cream and white wine sauce is then poured over the potatoes before returning them to the oven.
January 14^th 2016113K3.8 1 hour 49 min.

Vietnamese prawns

In this recipe, the prawns are first lightly fried, then spiced up with a piquant sauce.
May 26^th 2013144K4.3 54 min.

Crab Cakes

These crab cakes are a mixture of crab meat - of course - with onion, parsley, breadcrumbs, egg and mayonnaise. The cakes are made fairly thick and shallow fried in a pan, but they can also be deep fried.
July 1^st 201569K4.7 1 hour 3 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies

A traditional American recipe for homely biscuits, which can be made in different flavours or with additions (seeds, dried fruit, nuts, chocolate, etc.).
January 5^th 2020366K4 1 hour 49 min.

Dublin fruit scones

Scones originated in Britain and Ireland. The Irish version is often made plain and traditionally served with tea. Scones are more of a bread than a cake, eaten split in half and spread with butter or jam, for example. There are also sweeter versions and scones with dried fruit, like the ones I have...
September 12^th 2018110K4.2 48 min.

Little lemon biscuits

These small, lemon-flavoured biscuits are very easy to make and are inspired by the Italian "biscotti al limone".
September 14^th 201472K5 1 hour 42 min.

Amaretti

Amaretti are little Italian almond biscuits. They are a bit like meringues, very sweet, and made with ground almonds.
May 31^th 201565K4.5 1 hour 3 min.

Cantucci di Prato

The "Cantucci di Prato" or cookies of Prato are dry cookies with almonds, originating from the city of Prato in Italian Tuscany. Quite easy to make and delicious, they keep very well, they can be eaten alone or as an accompaniment to a dessert such as a chocolate cream for example.
May 14^th 202311K 2 57 min.

Minestrone

Minestrone is a traditional Italian soup. It is made with a mix of vegetables and a poultry stock. It is quite simple to make, but preparing all the vegetables takes time. There are doubtless as many minestrone recipes as there are Italian cooks, but here is my version.
May 29^th 2011167K4.3 3 hours 30 min.

Pitta bread

This Lebanese speciality is made as a flat round pocket, which can be filled with all manner of things.
February 21^th 2011515K 14.5 2 hours 55 min.

Naan

Naan is a type of Asian bread made from wheat flour. This kind comes from the Punjab region of India.
September 25^th 2011179K4 3 hours 42 min.

Cretan Bread

This Cretan (or Cretan-style) bread has a soft dough, enriched with olive oil, preserved tomatoes, green olives and cooked onions.
October 24^th 201778K4.3 4 hours 26 min.

Key Lime Pie for Jeremy

Key Lime Pie is a famous speciality from the Keys region of southern Florida. This delicious tart is usually made with Key limes - a special variety. But in this simplified version, normal limes will work perfectly well.
September 30^th 201288K 13.8 3 hours 50 min.

Mexican tart

This unusual tart features two star ingredients of South American cuisine: red kidney beans and avocado. The shortcrust pastry case is filled with a red bean and onion purée, then topped with sliced avocado dressed with lime and garnished with fresh coriander.
December 30^th 201959K 1 hour 17 min.

Linzer torte

Linzer torte, or tart from Linz (Austria), has a cinnamon-flavoured crust filled with raspberry jam. The special and rather crumbly sweet pastry used for the case is made with cinnamon, ground almonds and the yolks of hard-boiled eggs. There are many different versions. In this rather unusual one,...
November 27^th 201649K4.7 1 hour 5 min.

Flaked almond tart

This almond tart is an American-inspired version of the classic dessert. This one leaves out the almond cream or frangipane and uses flaked almonds instead. These are toasted, then mixed with cream and sugar. There's no point denying it, this is a rich dessert...
August 27^th 201748K4.8 1 hour 24 min.

Koulibiak in pie dish

Koulibiak is a traditional russian recipe from, usually served in a flat puff pastry fish shape. Here is an easier version, in a pie dish.
September 7^th 2018359K3.8 3 hours 19 min.

Hummus

Hummus (or houmous), is one of the famous and delicious Lebanese "mezzes".
May 30^th 2020328K4.7 16 min.

Guacamole

For this typically Mexican recipe there are two main methods: smooth mashed avocado (made with a blender), or simple mashed avocado (made with a fork) with small pieces. And you can add, or not, finely diced tomato. You will find the first version (smooth) below.
November 26^th 2011289K4.1 1 hour 21 min.

Shakshuka

This spicy, ratatouille-style tomato and onion purée can be eaten on its own or to accompany other dishes. Here, I've baked it in individual ramekins, topped with an egg. This recipe originated in North Africa and has spread all around the Mediterranean.
January 19^th 202034K5 1 hour 38 min.

Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas

Here's a recipe for tortillas with a simple, pre-cooked vegetable filling, made from Japanese chestnut pumpkin (potimarron), onion and red kidney beans.
April 4^th 202123K 56 min.